Progressive myoclonic ataxia associated with celiac disease presenting as unilateral cortical tremor and dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 732-734

  Fung, Victor S C ^a   Duggins, Andrew ^a   Morris, John G L ^a   Lorentz, Ivan T ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRON; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAIT DISORDER; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREMOR; VIDEORECORDING;

CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR;

EID: 0033911206     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200007)15:4<732::AID-MDS1021>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Note

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